Empowering tenacious entrepreneurs with audacious goals
Elma, derived from the Latin word almus,
means fostering or nourishing.
Who we are
Our mission is to empower tenacious entrepreneurs
with audacious goals
ELMA Ventures invests in and advises purpose-driven entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds whose passion and mission are to solve the social pains of humanity while transforming the world of technology and science.
Novel ideas are nothing without gallant execution
— Ela
Our way
We invest at an early stage of an entrepreneur’s journey. Our premise is to back companies as early as possible, mostly at their incubation or seed stage.
We approach each company individually while providing meaningful support to our entrepreneurs in getting what matters for them to reach the next milestone to succeed.
Our focus is broadly defined, enabling us to invest in a spectrum of emerging technology and science companies. We believe there is power and virtue in diversity, so we back purpose-driven entrepreneurs who make a difference and act with great impact solving humanity’s vital challenges.
We support entrepreneurs who make impossibility a possibility with imagination, perseverance, talent, and conviction that this possibility will change the status quo for the better.
Our focus
and Seed Stage
Nothing is stagnant, so tomorrow, with its challenges and opportunities,
is only for an open and critical mind willing to fully explore them all
— Ela
Meet Ela
Apart from founding ELMA Ventures, Ela is an entrepreneur at heart. She has worked with numerous U.S.-based emerging growth companies, focusing on marketing, strategic partnerships, and operations. She also led an accelerator program for international founders in the heart of Silicon Valley. She is passionate about entrepreneurship and new technology trends. She believes that each and every person’s voice matters, and everyone can make a difference, following her life’s credo: Respect everyone. Fear no one. Act with impact.
Ela is a life-long learner and a big dreamer. She loves reading, learning new languages, theater, traveling, and staying active. For her, a day without learning and laughter is a lost one.
Ela earned her EMBA degree with honors from the University of San Francisco. She also completed her studies focused on International Business and Administration with distinction at UC Berkeley. Additionally, Ela holds MA and BA degrees in German Studies of History and Culture from Nicolaus Copernicus University in Poland.